Welcome to Welding and Metal Sculpture

Work Schedule


Practice Welds

Friday's Welding; here is the description of the assignments and due dates. Look here for updates.

Calder Project

We are going to start the semester with a small Calder project making mobiles from wire, sheet metal, rivets and spot welding to fasten them. We hope that you learn to use kentics in your future projects and learn the importance of modeling.

Emotive Sculpture

Can-o-smack

Units

Belfast Chair

Welding 101

Safety


Arc Welding

Here are some videos & reading on arc welding which you might find instructional.
  • Nystrom's general handout on arc welding
  • An old time video on the basics (1:51)
  • A bit long discussion on different types of rod
  • A good read of basic arc welding
  • A decent video on the basics based on the BSA merit badge
  • There's a lot more in this set of videos than we'll get to. BUT, it's good advice from a PRO discussing the requirements for passing a welding exam. He's talking about a vertical weld of an open root v groove butt joint (yeah, we're not going to do this).
  • We've got this video in our collection. It's a little hokey, but it's thorough (46 minutes!). I've got this link set to start at 13:20 so you can see the welding. Another good place to look is at 20:30 which discusses variations in amperage.

Gas Welding


MIG Welding

TIG Welding